(DC Pundit) – President Trump has always had a knack for getting straight answers from world leaders, answers no one else seems able to extract. His latest revelation? Chinese President Xi Jinping told him point-blank that China will not invade Taiwan so long as Trump sits in the Oval Office. That’s peace through strength, and apparently, peace through Trump.
The President made the comments during a Fox News “Special Report” interview Friday, just before his planned sit-down in Alaska with Russian President Vladimir Putin to address Moscow’s ongoing war in Ukraine. Trump didn’t mince words when asked about the possibility of a Chinese invasion. “I will tell you, you know, you have a very similar thing with President Xi of China and Taiwan, but I don’t believe there’s any way it’s going to happen as long as I’m here. We’ll see,” he said.
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That confidence didn’t come out of thin air. Trump explained that Xi had been remarkably clear with him about the situation: “He told me, ‘I will never do it as long as you’re president.’ President Xi told me that, and I said, ‘Well, I appreciate that,’ but he also said, ‘But I am very patient, and China is very patient.’” Leave it to Trump to get the world’s most powerful communist leader to give him a personal assurance, something no bureaucrat in Washington could dream of pulling off.
Trump didn’t specify the exact timing of Xi’s comments, but the two leaders spoke by telephone in June during Trump’s second term, marking their first confirmed call of the year. In April, Trump also mentioned having received a call from Xi, though he didn’t disclose when it took place. Either way, it’s safe to say the Chinese leader knows exactly where Trump stands, and it isn’t on the side of weakness.
For decades, China has claimed Taiwan as its own territory, insisting it must eventually be “reunified” with the mainland — by force if necessary. Taiwan, meanwhile, flatly rejects Beijing’s claims and continues to govern itself as a free and democratic nation. The situation is a powder keg, and it doesn’t help that Beijing seems to be growing more aggressive by the year. Yet, apparently, not aggressive enough to test Trump. Funny how that works.
Naturally, the Chinese Embassy in Washington wasn’t thrilled about Trump’s comments being aired. On Friday, embassy spokesperson Liu Pengyu once again insisted that Taiwan remains “the most important and sensitive issue” in U.S.-China relations. Liu went on to lecture America: “The U.S. government should adhere to the one-China principle and the three U.S.-China joint communiqués, handle Taiwan-related issues prudently, and earnestly safeguard China-U.S. relations and peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.”
Of course, Beijing conveniently ignores the fact that Washington is Taiwan’s main source of defensive weapons and its most reliable international partner. While the U.S., like most countries, doesn’t formally recognize Taiwan diplomatically, America’s commitment to the island has been strong for decades. The message has always been simple: Taiwan is not alone.
Here’s the difference: under Trump, that message actually carried weight. Xi Jinping himself admitted it. The very same China that has spent years rattling sabers over Taiwan was suddenly patient, suddenly cautious, suddenly unwilling to make a move while Trump was president. That’s not a coincidence, that’s deterrence.
It’s worth asking: would Xi have said the same thing to Joe Biden? Judging by Biden’s track record of confusion and international blunders, probably not. Leaders like Xi and Putin can smell weakness from a mile away, and it emboldens them. Trump, on the other hand, makes them think twice. Sometimes all it takes is knowing the man in the White House means what he says.
Taiwan, for now, remains safe — and the world has a very patient, very cautious Xi Jinping to thank for that. Or maybe, just maybe, they should thank the man who made him say it out loud.
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